Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तस्य तृप्ताः सदा भूप पितरश्च पितामहाः । ये वै ग्रस्ता महारोगैः कुष्ठाद्यैश्चैव देहिनः

Transliteration

tasya tṛptāḥ sadā bhūpa pitaraśca pitāmahāḥ | ye vai grastā mahārogaiḥ kuṣṭhādyaiścaiva dehinaḥ

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ! അവന്റെ പിതാക്കളും പിതാമഹന്മാരും എപ്പോഴും തൃപ്തരായിരിക്കും. കൂടാതെ കുഷ്ഠം മുതലായ മഹാരോഗങ്ങൾ പിടിപെട്ട ദേഹധാരികൾ…

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (प्रातिपदिक; तृप् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘satisfied’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• भूप: O king
• भूप: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पितरः: fathers; ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• पितामहाः: grandfathers; forefathers
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ग्रस्ताः: afflicted
• ग्रस्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस्त (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रस् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘seized/afflicted’

• महारोगैः: by severe diseases
• महारोगैः: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; ‘by great diseases’

• कुष्ठाद्यैः: by leprosy etc.
• कुष्ठाद्यैः: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; कुष्ठ + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘by leprosy and the like’ (आदि-समास)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एव: certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• देहिनः: embodied beings
• देहिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indratīrtha-kunda (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (bhūpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens to a sage describing how tarpaṇa at the kunda satisfies fathers and grandfathers; nearby, sufferers of leprosy and grave illness approach the water with hope.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Pitāmahas
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes care for ancestors; tīrtha-based rites are praised for benefiting both lineage and embodied life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s Indratīrtha/kuṇḍa context continues to be the implied sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of pitṛ-tarpaṇa results: satisfaction of ancestors; the verse also introduces disease-affliction as part of the promised relief narrative.